Job opening: Safety & Occupational Health Specialist
Salary: $90 662 - 117 856 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Apr 11 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: Hawaii is a beautiful state but may be considered to have a high cost of living. It is highly recommended that research be done about the cost of living in Hawaii prior to applying. To learn more about Hawaii, visit https://portal.ehawaii.gov/.
Duties
You will be responsible for planning, scheduling, and overseeing the assigned unit safety and health programs.
You will plan, schedule, and conduct/access safety readiness through safety assessments/inspections of unit worksites.
You will evaluate a wide variety of potential hazards related to the unit mission and identify hazardous work processes, materials, and unsafe environmental conditions.
You will provide technical guidance and training to supervisors and workers responsible for hazardous activities.
You will conduct studies of accident causal factors to identify predictive trend analysis to devise effective methods to mitigate safety hazards.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Performance of duties requires up to 25% TDY of time in travel status.
- Must have a valid US driver's license.
- This position may require the incumbent to work holidays, weekends, and on-call basis.
- Incumbent must complete all required training and achieve the FP-12 Level 1 and Explosives Safety Level 1 professional certificates within 12 months, as outlined in the 0018 job series Master Training Plan.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes assisting with developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards; and inspecting industrial operations in maintenance and supply, processes for compliance with safety and occupational health policies; and identify potential safety hazards. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Oral CommunicationPublic Safety and SecuritySafety and Occupational Health (SOH) Hazard Identification
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Contacts
- Address EW-APF-WJN899 AQ HHC AUG TDA
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Shafter, HI 96858
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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